Syria crisis: Kuwait II commitments still unmet

Today marks the three-year anniversary of the outbreak of the Syrian crisis. This blog looks at the funds committed in response to the crisis since the Kuwait II pledging conference. Two months after this conference, which aimed to generate immediate funds, the funding commitments made have not been met.

The data presented in this blog looks only at the results of the Kuwait II conference to assess the impact it has had in mobilising immediate funds from donors to respond to the crisis. It does not look at the valuable contributions of donors from outside of this forum – such as Canada – nor those who have not met pledging commitments made at the conference that have committed other funds.[1]

A quick glance at the overall humanitarian response to date in 2014 (including the UN appeal and other reported funding) shows that US$973 million has been received, while pledges amount to US$1.9 billion.

Less than a quarter of the amount pledged at the conference has been committed